ear-tag

Ear tag with LORA

Introduction

This proejct implements a catle ear tag using LORA technology. The purpose of the tag is to monitor location and activity of the cattle. It is tailored to open ranch setups where the cattle have a huge chunk of land to graze.

This ear tag also monitors the activity level of the cattle and uses a custom algrithm to detect shcok and abnormal vibrations to tell whether the animal fell, is still lying down etc.

How it works

The device reads accelerations from an accelerometer sensor and does data processing to translate them into useful data like shock and activity levels. Using a GPS, we can monitor the real-time location of the animal.

This data is transmitted to a base station via a LORA gateway and visualized on the farmer's device, either phone and/or desktop setup.

Schematics

PCB designs

The PCBs are designed using EasyEDA Pro. Please download EasyEDA Pro here -> https://easyeda.com/page/download

3D casing designs

Viewing the system flowcharts and diagrams

To open the flowcharts and diagrams, download draw.io app here -> https://github.com/jgraph/drawio-desktop/releases/tag/v25.0.2 Choose the WindowsInstaller version